Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 796 - 474: Embrace, Novel, Support You for a Lifetime

Chapter 796: Chapter 474: Embrace, Novel, Support You for a Lifetime

This morning, Hanamaru Hanabi pulled him over to give his opinion on a new dress she had bought a few days ago.

It wasn’t the first time she’d asked Uesugi Sakura to judge her outfits, and he’d say she looked good in anything she wore.

Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t wear clothes to adorn herself, but rather to bring out the dress’s petite charm and cuteness.

"Isn’t it too cold to wear a dress with the temperature dropping these days?"

"It’s okay, I just wear thicker socks."

Uesugi Sakura watched her examine herself in the mirror, smiling, but his gaze inevitably drifted downward.

Little Hanabi was facing away from him, dressed in a newly bought short skirt.

Her figure was flawless, irresistibly well-proportioned, sparking imagination.

A slender waist, slim legs, and small feet... her skin so fair...

It suddenly struck him that it had been a while since he’d held her, since he’d hugged her.

Uesugi Sakura watched as she changed into nice clothes, put on a hat, and pouted cutely at the mirror, feeling a little itchy in his heart.

"Hanabi-chan."

"Ah."

"Can I hug you?"

Hanamaru Hanabi turned to look at him.

Uesugi Sakura: "Can’t I?"

...

Hanamaru Hanabi was silent for a moment before asking, "Do you really want to hug, Sakura-kun?"

"I really do." Uesugi Sakura said earnestly, his eyes looking at her with intense sincerity.

Sakura-kun’s gaze... didn’t seem fake at all...

Hanamaru Hanabi hesitated for a moment, then slowly moved closer to him, finally sitting beside him and said in a small voice, "Then... just this once, don’t misbehave, and no wandering hands, Sakura-kun’s favorability is still negative, this hug is an exception."

Uesugi Sakura nodded and said, "Mm, I understand."

"Then... go ahead..." Hanamaru Hanabi glanced at him, still a bit embarrassed.

In the moment after Hanamaru Hanabi said these words, Uesugi Sakura stared at her for a while, then reached out, slipping his arms under hers, naturally wrapping them around the girl’s body.

So soft, so light, he couldn’t help but hold her close.

Hanamaru Hanabi leaned on his shoulder, feeling the intimacy radiating from his body.

Uesugi Sakura wrapped his arms around her waist, closing his eyes, inhaling her fragrance, breathing slow and steady.

His palms felt enveloped by her soft, slender waist, the gentle softness of a girl’s body transferring through his hands, slowly rippling through his chest.

Uesugi Sakura couldn’t help but inhaled her scent more deeply into his nose.

"Sakura-kun... why did you suddenly want to hug Hanabi...?" Hanamaru Hanabi blushed from the sensation of his hands resting on her waist.

"It’s nothing, just suddenly felt uneasy not having held you to sleep for days."

"Even Sakura-kun feels that way...?"

"Yes, I feel like there’s a big piece missing in my heart if I’m not near you."

He spoke slowly, and his words completely struck a chord with Hanamaru Hanabi, who softened her heart as she felt his embrace, and responded with a gentle and tender voice:

"Then... Sakura-kun, you can hold me a little longer this time..."

"Is that okay...?"

"Mm... it’s an exception this time."

Her gentle voice was like a whisper in a dream, full of tenderness, enveloping her entire beating heart with warmth and a dreamlike feeling.

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Actually, when he won the Kyudo and Sword Dao championships, standing on the national podiums, Uesugi Sakura didn’t feel even a trace of happiness about it.

Victory, fame, status... none of that mattered.

He still remembered standing in the most conspicuous spot in the venue, listening to staff members congratulate him...

Even though he was in the spotlight, Uesugi Sakura’s gaze had long drifted to the audience, searching for the girl who had always silently watched him.

When he found her in the crowd and saw her light smile, it felt like everything was worth it.

Now, when Uesugi Sakura recalled those emotions, he understood that titles and prize money didn’t mean anything to him.

He did so much just to let her see his success, to see her happy for his success.

There’s something about people saying...

In the vast sea of people, I can only see your simple smiling face.

Uesugi Sakura thought, that probably summed it up quite well.

Today’s assignments at Tokyo Art University weren’t too much, so Uesugi Sakura took the free time to revise his drafts from a few days ago.

"Dreams? Ah, you’re talking about that, Katsuyama, not everyone has dreams, haha, like me— I came to Tokyo just to live a bit more comfortably, so alcohol has always been essential."

"But you have to start a family someday, for the future."

"Starting a family, a family... whether that will happen is another matter, you just place too much importance on some things, that’s why you lose everything, isn’t it nice to not care about how your family or girlfriend sees you...?"

"There are some things I have to do... my mother, she..."

"I know, I know your pressure, so I don’t blame you too much, my dream... let me think, is to run a café by the sea! Yes! Just that, facing the sea, with spring flowers blossoming."

"This two million, I’ll work hard to pay you back."

"Haha, I believe you, after all, we’ve known each other for over twenty years... use it all you need, after all, we might as well be childhood friends, right? Haha, speaking of which, I remember you peeing into the wind and hitting your face, haha! You were still little Jin Jin then!"